Conservatives aren’t the most flexible in the world. Actually, it’s pretty much in their ethos: never change. change is evil. change is bad. We’ve changed a lot, so they’re actually pretty regressive. Probably would outlaw soap if they could.
The point being, it’s hard for a conservative mind to react quickly to things; so they pull out the old familiar retorts.
Actually, it’s pretty much in their ethos: never change. change is evil. change is bad.
That’s not really what conservatism is. They want to not change one specific thing, and that’s autocratic hierarchy. You can be sure that if society were egalitarian instead, they’d be all-in-one on radical change to make it hierarchical.
Every definition I’ve seen, has always stated that conservatism is a political philosophy that seems to preserve tradition. or as wikipedia puts it:
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.[1][2][3] The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in which it appears.
in the US an autocratic heirarchy is part of their “traditional values”. Republicans are more regressive than conservative- they’re not trying to preserve what ‘is’, they’re trying to return to what ‘was’. mostly because they’ve failed to realize the rest of society has largely moved past them.
Conservatives aren’t the most flexible in the world. Actually, it’s pretty much in their ethos: never change. change is evil. change is bad. We’ve changed a lot, so they’re actually pretty regressive. Probably would outlaw soap if they could.
The point being, it’s hard for a conservative mind to react quickly to things; so they pull out the old familiar retorts.
That’s not really what conservatism is. They want to not change one specific thing, and that’s autocratic hierarchy. You can be sure that if society were egalitarian instead, they’d be all-in-one on radical change to make it hierarchical.
gonna need the sauce on that.
Every definition I’ve seen, has always stated that conservatism is a political philosophy that seems to preserve tradition. or as wikipedia puts it:
in the US an autocratic heirarchy is part of their “traditional values”. Republicans are more regressive than conservative- they’re not trying to preserve what ‘is’, they’re trying to return to what ‘was’. mostly because they’ve failed to realize the rest of society has largely moved past them.
Sure thing; here ya go!
The Alt-Right Playbook Endnote 3: The Origins of Conservatism